The Big Ten Network did reach a carriage agreement with a big-time cable provider Monday — but it wasn't the expected agreement with Mediacom.
The network announced late Monday night that an agreement in principle had been reached with Time Warner Cable to provide the network on the company's systems in the Big Ten coverage area, including Ohio and Wisconsin.
This is a significant agreement, because at this point last year talks had broken down between the two sides and it appeared unlikely any sort of deal was going to be reached.
Still, though, there is no agreement with Mediacom. News reports over the weekend suggested the two sides were only ironing out the final terms of the deal, but as of late Monday night, no agreement had been announced.